Antient and modern Scotish songs, heroic ballads, &c
Publisher: Lawrie and Symington [etc.
Published: 1791
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: Scots Ballads; Scots Folk songs
Notes: Title vignette.

First appeared, anonymously, in 1769 in one volume, and in 1776 in two volumes. cf. Herd, D. Songs from David Herd's manuscripts, ed. by Hans Hecht. Edinburgh, 1904.

George Paton is sometimes credited with a share in the first edition. cf. Dict. nat. biog. and Pref. to ed. of 1869.